The sea of learning : : mobility and identity in nineteenth-century Guangzhou / / Steven B. Miles.

• Superior document: Harvard East Asian Monographs ; 269
• Author: Miles, Steven B., 1964-
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : Harvard University Asia Center,, 2006.; Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 2006.
• Year of Publication: 2006
• Language: English
• Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs ; 269.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

Arguing that the academy did not exist in a scholarly vacuum, he contends that its location in the city of Guangzhou and the Pearl River Delta embedded it in social settings and networks that determined who utilised its resources and who celebrated its success.

Table of Contents

Cosmopolitanism and insularity: city and hinterland in the Pearl River Delta -- Xie Lansheng's city: the social itinerary of the Cantonese cultural elite, 1810-1830 -- The city's new landmark: creating the Xuehaitang, 1820-1830 -- Reshaping the cultural landscape: history, poetry, and anthology -- Academy, city, and delta in crisis and reconstruction, 1830-1870 -- A "Sojourner from Jiangnan": Chen Li and Han-Song syncretism in Guangzhou -- Zhu "Jiujiang": alternative identities and the delta's critique of the city -- Reflections on the sea of learning: mobility and identity in a cosmopolitan family.